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## Judges 11:1-2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/judges/11/1) Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he *was* the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.**
 
 [2 ](/kjv/judges/11/2) And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou *art* the son of a strange woman.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/judges/11/3) Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/judges/11/4) ¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.*
 
 [5 ](/kjv/judges/11/5) And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
 
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